The web is an ever-changing, even accelerating, networked environment. Many of these changes affect you as a web author or manager. Brian will help put these into perspective by presenting a short review of web news for the week.

It's not just about how it looks. We like to say that an average site that functions well is better than a beautiful site the frustrates visitors, but the fact is... function, beauty, and content are each a leg of a three legged stool.

The open source movement in software began as a response to the limitations of proprietary code. The open-source model is based on a more decentralized model of production, in contrast with more centralized models of development such as those typically used in commercial software companies. Opening the source code enabled a self-enhancing diversity of production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.